CHARLES DOUGHERTY, grocer, Wilkes-Barre, was born in Albany, N.Y., July 21, 1833, and is a son of Niel and Mary (Gillespie) Dougherty, natives of Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland, who came to America in 1828, the father being banished from the country on account of political reasons. They located in Hanover, this county, in 1838, where the father followed the occupation of a miner until his death. He reared a family of six children: Charles, Mary Ann, Esther, James, John and Ellen (Mrs. Lyman H. Carle.) Our subject was reared in Hanover township from five years of age, was educated in the common schools, and began life as a clerk in a general store in Wilkes-Barre, serving in that capacity fourteen years—twelve years with one house. In 1860, he embarked in the grocery business, in which, with the exception of four years, he has since continued. In 1866, he was appointed by President Johnson, United States consul to Londonderry, Ireland, the city from which his father was banished in 1828, and the only official position to which he ever aspired, and the ambition of his life, the opportunity coming to him sooner than he expected. On May 28, 1858, Mr. Dougherty married Julia, daughter of Daniel and Melinda (Blackman) Collins, of Wilkes-Barre, and has five children living: Melinda (Mrs. George P. Strome) C. Bow, Mary E., M. Morris, and Alice M. He is member of the Catholic Church, and in politics is a Democrat.
History of Luzerne County Pennsylvania
H. C. Bradsby, Editor
S. B. Nelson & Co., Publishers, 1893
History of Luzerne County Pennsylvania
H. C. Bradsby, Editor
S. B. Nelson & Co., Publishers, 1893
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, grocer, Wilkes-Barre, was born in Albany, N.Y., July 21, 1833, and is a son of Niel and Mary (Gillespie) Dougherty, natives of Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland, who came to America in 1828, the father being banished from the country on account of political reasons. They located in Hanover, this county, in 1838, where the father followed the occupation of a miner until his death. He reared a family of six children: Charles, Mary Ann, Esther, James, John and Ellen (Mrs. Lyman H. Carle.) Our subject was reared in Hanover township from five years of age, was educated in the common schools, and began life as a clerk in a general store in Wilkes-Barre, serving in that capacity fourteen years—twelve years with one house. In 1860, he embarked in the grocery business, in which, with the exception of four years, he has since continued. In 1866, he was appointed by President Johnson, United States consul to Londonderry, Ireland, the city from which his father was banished in 1828, and the only official position to which he ever aspired, and the ambition of his life, the opportunity coming to him sooner than he expected. On May 28, 1858, Mr. Dougherty married Julia, daughter of Daniel and Melinda (Blackman) Collins, of Wilkes-Barre, and has five children living: Melinda (Mrs. George P. Strome) C. Bow, Mary E., M. Morris, and Alice M. He is member of the Catholic Church, and in politics is a Democrat.
History of Luzerne County Pennsylvania
H. C. Bradsby, Editor
S. B. Nelson & Co., Publishers, 1893
History of Luzerne County Pennsylvania
H. C. Bradsby, Editor
S. B. Nelson & Co., Publishers, 1893
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